Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1887-10-13

Mr.. EDIToR;-If a short account
OF the trip to st. Louis can find a
place in your worthy paper, the
members of our little party will
not be llngrateful. The excursion
party boarded the steamer "City
of Florence" on the morning of
September %, EN- route for the
"Gueen city," Our party was not
so large as might have been, but
the lack in quantity was made up
in quality. All.a.seemed to be in
high spirits anticipating good
time and feeling sure that for we
were going to see the elephant.
Nothing of particular interest
occurred as we glided gently down
stream, but felt that the enjoyment
of the beautiful scenery that met
our eyes Oh every hand, and the
novelty of the boat ride would of
themselves pay for the trip.
On arriving at Paducah we de-
cided to take in the little city by
way of recreation, feeling conf
dent we could not fail in making a
stunning impression upon those
Kentuckians. So we arrayed our
selves in all our borrowed fnery,
assumedss..our sweetest smiles and
sailed out in all our glory, feeling
sure of success and a jolly time;
but alas for. human hopes and ex-
pectations; how our feathers did
fall when we overheard..a bystand-
er remark "Uh! that's a handbook
ing crowd, I'll bet they are from
Greenrrriver." THEREAFTER. CRITICS
ing US numerically, and noticing
the badges worm by some of the
gentlemen of our party, exclaimed,
"Great Jerusalem! there's the
whole Grand Army" 1t was no.
ted that certain gentleman de-
sisted from hailing any strangers
to shake hands as we moved on;
you see he had been there before.
At st. Mary's some young ladies
came aboard ourssvessel aud treat.
ed us to some first-class music.
The piece "BOnnie Jean" so sweet
ly sung, delighted us indeed, and
the writer entranced, sitting with
open mouth and apparent bewil-
derment, to the amusement of the
other passengers.
After landing at our destination
and straining every eye, gazing in
wonder at objects grand, gloomy
and peculiar" it was soon. manifest
to our little party from old dull
Savannah that all people, even the
grandest and most noble, could
open mouths wide and gaze not a
little, as did we. The Exposition
is full and we guess complete, Won
derful, strange, grand-well, now
our common words cannot give an
idea of the grandure of the City of
st. Louis. Reader, we leave the
best of it unmentioned that you
may enjoy it the better when you
do as we did, 20 see for yourself.
Certainly about all the umbrellas
in the United States were brought
into use on that rainy day and the
crowd was immense. The illumi-
nation at night was magnificent !;
yet while admiring all its splendor
and beauty, we could not help feel
ing that it was all wrong, spend
ing thousands upon thousands of
dollars uselessly, while there is so
much suffering, want and poverty
on every hand. And when wit
Messing the rejoicing and hand
shaking of old comrades so long
separated, we were caused to
wonder if the joy of meeting old
friends is 80 great, what will the
reunion be like in heavens
A word to the members of our
excursion party; be not offended
if you find this account not to your
fancy, not graced by the names of
the gallant gentlemen and amiable
ladies who unconsciously made a
poor selection in assigning yOnr
inexperienced and unworthy sew
ant to the task of reporting our
trip to the paper for publication.
Let us all remember pleasantly SO
long as We live, the excursion to
st. Louis and be thankful that we
succeeded in "tinding our way
back to those we left behind u.s."